Definition
Intentionally damaging, destroying, or preventing something from working properly, usually to gain an advantage or cause harm.
Etymology
From French sabotage, derived from sabot meaning 'wooden shoe.' The word originated during French industrial strikes when workers would throw their wooden shoes (sabots) into machinery to break it.
Kelly Says
The word literally comes from striking workers throwing their work clogs into factory machines—so when you sabotage something, you're channeling 19th-century French labor activism!
Translations
ARالعربية
عرقلة
a-ra-qala
BNবাংলা
বিধ্বংস
bi-dho-ngsho
CACatalà
sabotage
sa-bo-ta-ge
CSČeština
sabotovat
sa-bo-to-vat'
DADansk
sabotere
sa-bo-te-re
DEDeutsch
sabotieren
za-bo-tie-ren
ELΕλληνικά
σabotage
sa-bo-tazh
ESEspañol
sabotear
sa-bo-tear
FAفارسی
خرابکاری
kharab-kari
FISuomi
sabotoida
sa-bo-toi-da
FRFrançais
saboter
sa-bo-te
HEעברית
סabotage
sa-bo-tage
HIहिन्दी
विनाश करना
vi-naash kar-na
HUMagyar
sabotázs
sa-bo-taaz
IDBahasa Indonesia
menghancurkan
men-han-churu-kan
ITItaliano
sabotare
sa-bo-ta-re
MSBahasa Melayu
sabotaj
sa-bo-taj
NLNederlands
saboteren
sa-bo-te-ren
NONorsk
sabotere
sa-bo-te-re
PLPolski
sabotować
sa-bo-to-vat'
PTPortuguês
sabotagem
sa-bo-ta-jem
RORomână
sabotaj
sa-bo-taj
RUРусский
саботировать
sa-bo-ti-ro-vat'
SVSvenska
sabotera
sa-bo-te-ra
SWKiswahili
sabotaji
sa-bo-ta-ji
TEతెలుగు
వినాశం
vi-naasham
TLTL
pagsabotahe
pa-gsa-bo-ta-he
TRTürkçe
sabotaj
sa-bo-taj
UKУкраїнська
саботувати
sa-bo-to-vaty
URاردو
خرابکاری
kharab-kari